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  • These Young Activists Are Fighting Chicago's Gun Violence With Lobbying and Group Hugs

    September 03, 2019 |

    Teen Vogue |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A group in Chicago called Good Kids, Mad City is made up of youth who have been affected by gun violence. They offer support and accountability to each other and use the group as a way to cope with the daily violence they face every day. In addition to the therapeutic benefits of the group, the youth have even lobbied and passed legislation that expunges non-violent marijuana offenses as part of the state’s marijuana legalization proposal.

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  • College dreams often melt away in summer months. ‘Near-peer' counseling is helping keep them alive.

    August 30, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A "near-peer" mentoring program offers a promising model for similar initiatives working to prevent "summer melt" for low-income students in the summer between their graduation from high school and arrival at college. College-age mentors provide in-person coaching and respond to texts about financial aid and other concerns.

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  • Teens Learn Life Skills Training Therapy Dogs Audio icon

    August 30, 2019 |

    Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Working to train therapy dogs helps kids with issues learn how to cope. Rising Ground, an organization in New York City, provides animal therapy as part of a residential placement program for juveniles facing problems with the law. The youth receive training in life skills, counseling, and peer support through their court-ordered program. In addition, Rising Ground engages them in an eight-week program to train therapy dogs, which helps the youth learn how to deal with their emotions, as well.

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  • How a Vermont school is overcoming the declining enrollment trend that hurts rural towns

    August 27, 2019 |

    USA Today |

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    Response Location: United States, Tinmouth, Vermont

    In stark contrast to schools in the rest of the state, Tinmouth's elementary school population has increased by 30 percent in the past four years, helping to bring in and retain dedicated teachers. Tinmouth, which focuses on outdoor and project-based education and thoughtfully marketing its programs, offers lessons for other rural towns navigating population loss.

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  • Green Thumbs, Black Gardeners: How Urban Gardens Help a Community Grow

    August 26, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Eliminating food deserts is a community effort. Thanks to work of members, volunteers, and other partners of the East New York Farmers’ Market (ENYF), the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, formerly troubled by a lack of nutritious food, now benefits from semi-weekly produce markets. ENYF also serves as a positive community service for youth and young adults.

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  • Solar Panels as Solution for SEPTA's Power Outage Problems

    August 26, 2019 |

    WCAU-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Storing solar energy improves the resilience of public transportation systems to disruptions in the energy grid. With the potential of extreme heat or weather conditions to cause issues in the reliability of electrical power, Philadelphia’s SEPTA public transportation system has begun to invest in solar power. By storing solar energy in batteries at various hubs, the public transportation system can avoid delays caused by local outages.

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  • Orphaned baby beaver finds comfort with otters at local shelter

    August 23, 2019 |

    The Press Democrat |

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    Response Location: United States, Petaluma, California

    California’s Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue is working hard to rehabilitate a lone beaver – among other wildlife – back to health and into their natural habitat. The species is key to natural ecosystems, making their survival necessary. While they’ve made progress, with the beaver being a rare occurrence, they still face significant challenges.

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  • How a North Dakota town embraced online learning to try to save its school

    August 22, 2019 |

    USA Today |

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    Response Location: United States, Wolford, North Dakota

    In response to a shortage of teachers, North Dakota's public schools are experimenting with online learning alternatives. "Rural areas have a chance that they’ve never had before," the executive director of the North Dakota Center for Distance Education said.

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  • Prizes for sobriety: As Washington meth use rises, this treatment is one of few that works

    August 22, 2019 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Rewarding patients for sobriety greatly increases the likelihood for recovery. The approach of contingency management creates new behaviors through incentives instead of punishment. Through the Seattle Department of Veteran’s Affairs, patients in an addiction program who test negative get to draw a prize and accumulate rewards the longer they stay sober. This alternative form of treatment has proven effective in boosting patient participation—and success—in addiction programs at the Seattle VA.

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  • Mesa school district rolls out new counselor program for kids' mental health

    August 20, 2019 |

    KPHO-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    The Mesa, Arizona, school district is expanding its mental health care programming in response to a high teen suicide rate in the region. By increasing the number of counselors available, using data to tailor its approach to each individual campus, and connecting students with outside therapy professionals when appropriate, Mesa is hoping to reach more students.

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